Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

of Jamestown and Mr1. D. s. McCarlin Of
Huron delegates to the national convention.
which meets In Nashville next month. The
Prohibition alliance have put Mrs Wood
bridge, secretary Ct the National " g. 7.
into The field to lecture for q month.
The Winona. Mimi, Republicans
review Of the grain and -four business at
Winona for the crop year ending Sept.
shows the following grain handled by
Winona dealers: Wheat, 7,926,64O bushels,
barley, 2,426,,240; oats, 10000; FAX, 1S4,.
676. The product OF Touring mills was
621, $50 barrels Mills have been making
extensive improvements, and the daily
milling capacity now is 4, 100 barrels. IS.
A serious accident occurred at tho
Aberdeen, OAK, races. AS the horses
passed the judges stand coming home one
horse bolted. Thes horse following struck
q man who stepped on the track, knocking
the driver, dislocating his shoulder and in
ficting other injuries thought to be fatal
At Austin, MINI, Samuel Pinkham,
aged ffty-dve years, died suddenly in
spasm. He was i'll but few moments,
having been around as usual in the morn
ing. There are suspicious that he accident
ly took an overdose of morphine, as he has
been using good deal Of late. BE was :
member OF the g. a. r. u -
John Embody, aged 20, living on
ranch at the head Of Dearborn Creek, near
Fort Shaw, Mont, was murdered for $l25,
by strange young man who was on
horse stealing raid in that neighbOrhood.
The murderer split the old mans head open
as to burn the body. .E -
At Clay Center, Neb., Fred Ronzo,
held for the attempted murder OF his wife,
near Fairfield, few weeks ago, was found
dead in his cell at one o'clock on the morn
Ing OF the 18th. The sheriff had furnished
him q razor to shave himself, and with this
ne had severed the arteries in both wrists
and bled to death.
Avery serious fire at Lake Crystal,
Mimi, destroyed the best business square Of
the town extending from the Omaha R. R..
to the Central Hotel, the loss being fully
SICK, 900, with quite light insurance. There
are said to be suspicious circumstances at
tending the breaking out Of the fire, which
was at /, q. M. zs'1.T:2r ~@~
George Walter James, aged fifty
eight, eldest son of the late G. P. R. James,
the novelist, died at his home at Eau Claire,
Wis. He had been sinking for some TINA
under paralytic stroke. His wife and two
sons, City Attorney James, of Eau Claire,
and Frederick James, of Minneapolis sur
The alumni of Ann Arbor university
residing in Minneapolis, Minn., rendered
Judge Cooley, of the Interstate Commerce
commission, q reception and banquet at
the West hotel. Plates were laid for sixty,
and a numt er of informal responses to
toasts we're made at the conclusion of the
banquet. y:
At the Nebraska State Fair, the event
OF the racing programme was the trot OF
Jay Eye See against time in at effort to
break his previous record. The little horse
performed the mile in 2:1511z, lowering tho
best previous record on half mile track
three-quarters OF second.
At Brainerd. Minn., Ed. Wilson was
arraigned in the municipal court for assault
on Mrs. Carrie Courtney. Waving examina-
tion, he was held in bonds to appear before
the grand jury, and in d fault of the same
went to jail. The disclosures witnesses
make are very serious.
DR.. John Knous, of Moorhead,
Minn., it is supposed died from an overdose
of morphine taken to relieve pain, but not
b.
alone in his Office when he died. Hewas an
army surgeon during the war and q man Of
high standing.
Supt. Fleming of Crow Wing Co.,
Mimi, has just made his report to the state
superintendent, which shows that there are
1886 scholars in that county, the greater
part of them being from Brainerd. The
school tax through the county averages
699 mills. - r
Gilbert Evans, of St. Paul, Minn.,
offers to pay s5ol.6s in compromise of his
liability for lumber, cut. from the homestead
claim Of Gust. Berstrom in Wisconsin, and
Assistant Secretary Muldrow advises the
acceptance of the same as settlement Of
the case. s@S'.>s
The Northern Pacific extension from
La Moure to Edgeley has been completed, =
distance of % miles. Two stations have
been created along the line, (Youngs and
Medbery. The building of elevators and
depots will commence soon. -
> Barton Hal, n,one of the finest country
places near Sioux City, Iowa, was
burglarized of about 800 worth of silver,
several sealskin sacques and other valuable